The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-17
An UEWELOCMB PASSENGER.

A coid Winters night found q stage
ioau o. IL Ert.erc-. -Ou. tie VAIN fra
OF t-FcTT. laErooEl - = New England
NL4ta. e shortly U--sr We arriysL a
lel+-eT -rHve u snd ordered that his
horse saou.d be stabbed for tue night.
1lL'r We haI eaten supper we repaired
10 TIE UurrOUn. and as soon as the lee
W. UroAea the conversation flowed
trre.t. Scvcra! anecdotes had been re-
Iated ana finally the peIdIcr was asked
TO give u, Il story.
ae was short, thiCkset man, some
where about forty years Of age. and
gave evidence of great physical strength.
e gave ms name as Lemuel Yiney, and
MS home was IN Dover Nh.
" Vel, gentleman" he commenced
knocking tie asaes IRON his pipe and
puIIn5 II 4 tbs pocket, "suppose ! tell
you ot about the lat thing OF any CON
sequence tat hap ned To m,T You
sse am now right from the Far West
ana on my way home for Winter quar-
tyrS.
" II was about two months ago. one
pleasant evening, th..t pulIel up at the
door OF . small lnn in = small village in
hancock County. Ind. / said II wus
peasant. l meant twas warm. but II
was cloudy and likely TO be yer, dark.
went IN and called for supper, and
haa my horse taken care OF. and after
had eaten I sat down I'm the barro0fn.
IL began TO rain about eight O'Clock.
and Tor q while IL poured down hard, and
II was very dark outdoors.
Now, i wanted to be In jackson
early the next morning. for / expected a
load OF goods there for me- which 1
meant to dispose Of on my way home.
Tho moon would rise about mid
night. and knew that II IL did not rain
/ could get along very comfortably
through the mud after that. So ! asked
the landlord IL he would not see that my
horse was fed about midnight as I
wished to be Of before two.
He expressed some surprise at this
and asked me why j did not stop for
breakfast told him that had sold
my last load about all out and that q
new load OF goods was waiting for me
1t Jackson, and I wanted TO be there for
:hen before the express agent left In the
morning.
There were q number of people about
while / told this, but took little notice
OF them, one man only arres ing my at
{ ntion.
- had In my possession small pack
age OF placards which I was to deliver
10 the sheriff at Jackson. and they were
notices for the detection OF a notorious
robber named Dick Hardhead.
These bills gave u description of his
person, and the man before me answered
very well 10 it. In fact IL was perfect.
he was \ tall. well formed man rather
slight In frame. and had the appearance
OF gentleman, save that his face bore
those hard cruel INA: ks which an obsery-
Ing man cannot mistake Tor anything but
the index Of a villainous disposition.
men i went up 10 Iiiy chamber
asked the landlord who that man was.
describing the suspicious individual.
.. He said. he did not know him. He
had come there that afternoon and In
-eIded 10 leave some time during the |
aext day.
" Ths host asked me why wished to
know. and l simply told h.nl that the
mans CoUnte.4ance was familiar, and l
wished 10 know II / had ever been &C
Iuaiuted with him.
- resolved not to let the landlord into
he secret, but to hurry on to Jack on,
md there give Information to the sheriff.
M perhaps he might reach theiun before
he villain it; for l had no doubts with
egar- 10 his Identity.
- had IN alarm watch, and having |
ct IL t. give the alarm at one O'Clock. I
vent 10 sleep. / va aroused at the i
roper time, and Immediately got up and
.-essed myself. Wu,n L reached the
ard found the clouds all passed away,
nj the moon was shining brightly. The
ostIer was "asily aroused, and by two
Clock wa5 on the road
Inc mui was deep and my horse
ould not travel very fast, yet ii struck
le that the beast made more work than
Aere Was any need OF, Tor the cart was
early en- ty, my whole stock consisting
I about half dozen TN pans and lot
I loose rags.
g However, on we went. and in the
purse Of half an hour / was clear of the
.lIuge, aud at a short distance ahead
y large tract of forest, mostly of
reat pines. The road led directly
trough this wood, and, as near rs /
Juld re- rIn Jcr, the distance was not
r from tweive miles. The moon was
the east, and as this roaI ran nearly
ct l should have light enough. ,
- had entered the wood ami had pone ,
srAaps, EaIf mile, when my wagon ,
heels settled, with q bump ana a ierk
10 deep hole. / uttered an exclama- ,
On OF aStoniSELIe-L, but that was not I
! heard another exclamation from
iOtneT source. =
: What could IL be? / looked quickly
and but could see nothing, and yet ,
new that the sound that heard was :
y close To NE.
As tine hi a wheels came up I felt
neth.Hg btsi'ies the jerk OF the hole {
card sofueth ng roll or tumble from
side 4 the other OF my wagon. anu y
III also feel the jar oecasioncd ~ the a
IL was simply a man in :,
car. knew this on the Instant :
lou may have noticed my cart as I !,
~ up this evening The main Lart
DESu5 behind and tbar.A a. -,